SSI Monthly Statistics, October 2021

All Federally Administered Payments

Table 1. Number of recipients, total payments, average monthly payment, and number of awards, by source of payment, eligibility category, and age, October 2021
Source of payment All recipients Eligibility category Age
Aged Blind and disabled a Under 18 18–64 65 or older b
  Number of recipients c
Total 7,737,393 1,114,360 6,623,033 1,048,037 4,400,067 2,289,289
Federal payment only 6,367,806 728,936 5,638,870 935,751 3,793,392 1,638,663
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,237,068 339,243 897,825 111,439 554,282 571,347
State supplementation only 132,519 46,181 86,338 847 52,393 79,279
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,604,874 1,068,179 6,536,695 1,047,190 4,347,674 2,210,010
State supplementation 1,369,587 385,424 984,163 112,286 606,675 650,626
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,588,872 636,864 1,952,008 64,697 1,222,462 1,301,713
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,701,034 521,086 4,179,948 752,734 2,855,207 1,093,092
Federal payments 4,495,660 462,265 4,033,395 745,405 2,757,744 992,511
State supplementation 205,375 58,821 146,553 7,330 97,463 100,581
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 587.18 466.66 607.47 694.13 619.31 476.58
Federal payments 571.24 432.22 593.98 688.04 605.57 448.53
State supplementation 145.32 151.09 143.06 62.37 152.32 153.11
  Number of awards e
Total 42,437 9,837 32,600 8,461 23,991 9,985
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,557,050 disabled and 65,983 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,161,689 disabled and 13,240 blind recipients aged 65 or older.
c. Includes retroactive payments.
d. Excludes retroactive payments.
e. Preliminary data. In the first 2 months after their release, numbers may be adjusted downward to reflect returned checks.
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